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RWE’s grand scheme for Hollandse Kust West
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by RWE is participating in the Dutch offshore wind tender for Hollandse Kust West (HKW), and company has submitted bids for HKW sites VI and VII. HKW is a major part of the...

Vestas introduces its V163-4.5 MW WTG
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by Vestas intends to take part in the expected expansion of renewable energy in the coming decade by improving the scalability of new wind power solutions and increasing business...

Russian oil supply could fall by 3 million barrels a day
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by Russia’s isolation following its invasion of Ukraine is deepening as the European Union and G7 nations contemplate tougher sanctions that include a full phase-out of oil imports...

GE secures first 9HA CCPP order in Vietnam
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by GE has secured an order from Samsung C&T Corporation, which is leading the EPC consortium that will provide power generation equipment for units 3 and 4 of PetroVietnam...

Energy storage for Côte d'Ivoire’s first solar plant
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a major contract from Eiffage Energie Systèmes to deliver a 10 MW energy storage system (ESS) to help ensure smooth grid integration for...

Chornobyl safeguards resumed – IAEA Update
Thursday, May 12, 2022 by On 9 May the International Atomic Energy Agency issued the following statement, Update 75, from the director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi.

Hydrogen retrofit for Rotterdam Capelle
Thursday, May 12, 2022 by Thomassen Energy is to retrofit one of Uniper’s Rotterdam Capelle (RoCa) power plant’s gas turbines with its HyFlex LEC-III combustion system, which can be operated with a variable...

EU stumbles over plans to ban Russian oil
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 by Discussions among the EU-27 states starting on 4 May had by 9 May still failed to reach a consensus on banning Russian oil. Although the G7 group of leading economies has undertaken...

Hydrogen fuel network trial gets underway
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 by Building a UK-wide delivery network for hydrogen has taken a step forward with the start of an SGN trial at Grangemouth, UK, in partnership with INEOS.

El Algodon Alto wind farm has started operations
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 by RWE Renewables’ El Algodon Alto, a 200 MW onshore wind farm located in San Patricio County, Texas, is now in operation. The project, which is part of the ERCOT (Electric...

Advanced storage project receives $500 m commitment from US DoE
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office has issued a conditional commitment to Advanced Clean Energy Storage, Mitsubishi Power Americas, Magnum Development and...

German government charters four FSRUs via Uniper and RWE
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by In the effort to free Germany from its dependency on Russian gas, a significant milestone has been reached: on behalf of, and in the name of the German government, RWE and Uniper...

Planning permission secured for Hams Hall storage project
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by Penso Power and Luminous Energy, partners in the Welbar Energy Storage joint venture, have secured full planning approval for a 350MW connection capacity battery storage development...

Strabag and Exergy in geothermal alliance
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by Exergy International and Strabag’s plant engineering and construction division in Dresden, Germany, have agreed on a far-reaching partnership to develop and realise turnkey...

US renewables generation has overtaken nuclear
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 by The US Energy Information Administration reports that power sector generation from renewable sources totalled 795 million MWh in the USA during 2021, overtaking nuclear generation,...

Gazprom refuses payments in Euros from German firm
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 by Russia’s Gazprom bank has for the first time refused to accept a payment in euros from a German gas trader. Trading company and former Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Marketing &...

Renewables funding via power bills cancelled in Germany
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 by As of 1 July, German consumers will no longer have to pay the renewables surcharge on power price. The Bundestag, the German federal parliament, has passed legislation to abolish...

Largest green hydrogen hub selects EPC provider
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 by Black & Veatch has been selected by Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development, the co-developers of what is said to be the world’s first and largest industrial green...

Russia halts gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 by Russia has responded to the West’s escalating arms shipments and economic penalties by halting national gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as well as threatening further...